Have you ever noticed someone "talking" to them-selves? What did you think? The word "crazy" probably came to your mind. Wait a minute, though. Maybe they’re doing something meaningful.
Speaking practice can be effective in many different forms when people learn English or another foreign language. Imitating the speech of others is proven to be highly effective in developing a native speaker’s level of fluency in a language. Actually you’ve already proven that to your-self.
How? That’s how you learned your first language! Whether it was English, Spanish, French or some other language, you "imitated" your mother, father, other family members, friends, teachers and whoever else was around making "talking" noises at you as you formed your first communicative language skills.
So don’t think those who are talking to themselves are "crazy". At least don’t do so until you’ve tried it for your-self, in English or in your new foreign language.
As you go through your day, in English or your new foreign language, tell yourself what you’re doing at the moment and what you’re going to do during the day.
"Which of these shirts, ties, etc. should I wear today? Not this one, I wore it just last week. Maybe this one, but I don’t like this color with the pants. Let’s try another one," you might say as you are getting dressed.
If you live alone, you can talk aloud whenever you want without disturbing others. If you don’t live alone, however, then first explain to your family or roommates what you’ll be doing, to avoid a quiet phone call to the local psychiatrist (精神病學家).
小題1:The author wrote the passage mainly to _______.
A．tell us how to talk to ourselves
B．introduce a method of learning a foreign language
C．tell us why some people talk to themselves
D．explain to us how we learned our native language
小題2:What does the underlined word "it" in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A．The word "crazy".B．A foreign language.
C．The skill of communicating.D．The method of talking to oneself.
小題3:From the passage we can know that ______.
A．people who talk to themselves are crazy
B．if you live alone, you should talk to yourself
C．you should tell yourself what you’re doing
D．we learned our native language by imitating

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D

試題分析：本文主要講述的就是一種學習語言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。這是一種通過模仿他人的語言的方式來鍛煉自己語言的熟練程度的學習方法。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知本文主要講述的就是一種學習語言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。這是一種通過模仿他人的語言的方式來鍛煉自己語言的熟練程度的學習方法。故B正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)本句So don’t think those who are talking to themselves are "crazy". At least don’t do so until you’ve tried it for your-self, in English or in your new foreign language.可知這里的It就是指前句的talking to themselves。故D正確。
小題3:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段That’s how you learned your first language! Whether it was English, Spanish, French or some other language, you "imitated" your mother, father, other family members, friends, teachers and whoever else was around making "talking" noises at you as you formed your first communicative language skills.可知我們學習母語就是通過模仿自己的家人，親戚朋友等。故D正確。
點評：本文主要講述的就是一種學習語言的方法： "talking" to them-selves。這是一種通過模仿他人的語言的方式來鍛煉自己語言的熟練程度的學習方法。本文主旨鮮明,很容易在文中找到答案。做題時要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因為它們往往就是文章的主題句。閱讀中要注意要點之間的關(guān)系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務(wù)。
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